Railway-tie.



9 E. BUTCHER.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1909. Serial No. 489,645.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELSWORTH BUTCHER,.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chanute, in the county of Neosho. and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a construction for railway ties which facilitates the railway construction; to provide a construction which may be in part or wholly renewed and re-used; to provide a construction which lends itself to varying conditions of railroad construction, while being standard in form; and to provide a construction which cushions the road-bed and allows for leveling the same.

The invention is shown in one form of its embodiment, in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention,

and showing the railway rails in cross section and as attached to the said tie; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the fastening devices for the rails being omitted on the one side of the figure; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail cross section of the tie, taken on the line 83 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the tie showing the railway rail in cross section, the said view being taken on the line 4:4: in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a railway tie constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a railway tie constructed in accordance with my invention, said view showing an alternative construction; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the leveling devices.

In many countries where it is desired to have, and where railways exist, wood ties are costly and are not durable. To replace these ties I have provided a metal cased tie, the interior of which may be filled with wood, cement or other desired material, to render the same solid, thereby avoiding the disadvantage of sound which the hollow form of the casing might produce. The casing 8 shown in the drawings, is rectangular.

in cross section and formed to the desired length and is open at the bottom. y

In the preferred form shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the interior filling 9 is separately formed from cement, which may be placed within the casing at the factory or in the field. It is preferred that the filling 9 shall be arched longitudinally to provide recesses at either end of said casing to receive the wedge shaped members 1O, 10. The wedges 10 may be formed of any suitable material; that preferred by me is wood. The wedges 1O serve the double purpose of cushioning the falling blow of a passing train and also that of leveling or banking the ties. This. leveling or banking is accomplished by driving the wedges 10 at the one end of the casing farther under the said casing than at the other end, and in most instances adhesion is suflicient to hold the wedge in position. Where such is not the case, the top of the tie may be provided with a perforation to receive any suitable fastening device such as a spike, which, when driven through the perforation and into the wedge, will hold the same in position.

In the form shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, a metal plate 11 is laid over a base 12 which may be formed from cement or wood or in some instances of ballast. lVhen this metal plate is used I prefer to double the wedges 10, placing their inclined surfaces together. In this position it will be seen that the one or the other end of the tie may be raised by inserting the uppermost wedge 10.

In the use of the casing 8, the rails 13 are held by dogs 14: instead of the usual spikes. The dogs 14 are of the shape shown most clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Where the dog engages the base of the rail, the under surface of the head 15 is shaped to con-' form to the edge of the base. At the lower end of the dog there is provided a hook 16 adapted to partially encircle a bolt 17 supported in screw-threaded engagement with the side of the casing 8, and at the outer end by a bent plate 18. The plate 18 is of the shape shown in the drawings to form a pocket to hold thedogs 14 and the fastening wedges 19. The plates 18 are secured in position on the sides of the casing 8 by bolts Through the plates 18 and in proper position are provided perforations to receive screw-threaded bolts 21, which are driven into the surface of the wedges 19, if the same are of wood, or into holes provided in the surface of the same if they are of metal.

When constructed as above described the operation of laying the rails is as follows: The ties having been formed to either of the Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

constructions above described and as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the rails .13 are placedin position with reference to the side plates 18, and as shown on the right hand side of Fig. 2 of the drawings. The dogs 14 are inserted between, the. plates 18 and the side of the casing 8, and made to engage, by means of the hooks 16, the bolts 17. hen thus en: gaged a dog is moved so that its head 15 extends over the base of the rail. A fastening wedge l9 is then introducedbetween the plate 18 and easing 8 behind the dog 14,-, holding the head 15 thereof in engagement with the base of the rail. With another dog and another wedge, this operation is repeated on the opposite side of the rail, and preferably on the opposite sideof the tie or casing 8. The dogs 19 are in this position lightly driven. As the rail is centered in:

position requiring a slight adjustment laterally on the tie, this is accomplished by withdrawing partially one wedge 19 while drivjn in the wedge on the opposite side. By t the manipulation of the two wedges 19 the position of the rail may be adjusted finely to a centered position. NVhen thus set the wedges 19 are driven firmly home "and the bolts 21 are set up to rigidly engage and hold the said wedges to prevent their dislodgment. While I have shown and ldescribed the member '21 as a screw-threaded bolt, '1 wish it understood that I may substitute therefor 'a fastening device of the character of a nail or spike, and this without changing the scope jof my invention. Further, many well known devices for holdthewedges '19 may be used, without changing the scopeof my invention.

The centering of the rail on the ties having been thus accomplished, the remaining "dogs 14 and wedges 19 are adjusted to posi- "tion and driven home to secure the rail rigidly in position. WVhere the joint between rails occurs, this isbridged and supported -in the usual manner now employed, using fish-plates or "any desired substitute therefor. 1

The leveling of the rails or the banking of I the same is accomplished by the 'manipula-' ties of the wedges '10 'on the one or the other end of the ties, raising or lowering, as the "case'riiay be, thec'asings 8'on'the filling 9.

I Havingpthus described my invention, '1 claim'as new and desire to secure by Letters a .1

V 1. A railway tie, comprising a metal casadaptedto beextended under the rails of a railway; projecting mernbers set out from the sides of said casing; removable fastening devices having a hooklikeshape at both ends, one ofthe said ends of each "device being adapted to engage the said projecting members while the otherextends over the base of the said rail; projecting meinbers'mounted upon said casing at either sidebfsai d fastening devices; and wedge-' shaped members adapted to fill the space between said fastening devices and said lastmentioned projecting members.

2. A railway tie, comprising a metal casing adapted to be extended under the rails of a railway; projecting members set out from the sides of said casing; removable fastening devices, having a hooklike shape at both ends, one ofthe said ends of each device being adapted to engage the said projecting members while the other extends over the base of the said rail; projecting members mounted upon said casing at either side of said fastening devices; wedge-shaped members adapted to fill the space between said fastening devices and said last-mentioned projecting members; and a suitable device for fastening said wedgeshaped members in position.

3. A railway tie, comprising a rectangular inverted metal casing adapted to be extended under the rails of a railway; removable fastening devices having a double hooklike shape, adapted to engage the said casing and 'to extend over the base of the said rail; shoulders formed on said casing removed from said fastening devices; and wedgeshaped members to extend between the said shoulders and said fastening devices.

4. A railway tie comprising a rectangular, inverted metal casing adapted to extend under the rails of a railway, a solid filling member adapted to rest within said casing and upon the ground, said filling member being raised at the center to support said casing at the median line thereof, and wedgeshape'd adjusting members adapted to extend between said casing and said solid filling at the outer ends of said casing.

5. A railway tie comprising a rectangular, inverted metal casing adapted to extend under'the rails'of a railway, a suitable solid filling to rest upon the ground and to extend within said cas1ng,'said filling sloped at the outer ends to form inclined surfaces separated from said'casing, and wedge-shaped supporting members adapted to extend between the under side of the top of said casing and said filling, adapted to be driven between the same to alter the level of said casing.

6. A railway tie, comprising a rectangular inverted channeled metal casing adapted to extend under the rails of a railway; a filling for said casing adapted to rest upon the ground and to extend into the channel of said casing, said filling having the upper surface curved longitudinally; and wedgeshape'd supportingmembers adapted to extend between the said casing and said filling to alterthe position of said casing.

7 Arailway tie, comprising'a rectangular inverted channeled metal casing adapted to extend under the rails of a railway; projectcasing; removable fastenin v devices having a hooklike shape at both ends, one of the said ends of each device being adapted to engage the said rojecting members and the other to exten over the base of the said rail; projecting members mounted upon said casing at either side of said fastening devices and removed therefrom; wedgeshaped members adapted to fill the space between said fastening devices and said last-mentioned projecting members; a suitable filling to rest upon the ground and l extend within the channel of said casing; and wedge-shaped supporting members adapted to extend between the said casing 15 and said filling to change the position of said casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELSWORTH BUTCHER.

Witnesses:

F. M. KARRIS, DELIA E. BRODERIGK. 

